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Notes:
* indicates a question for oral answer.
[R] indicates that the Member has declared a relevant interest.
Questions for oral answer not reached receive a written answer.
Supplementary questions will also be asked. Other Ministers may also answer.
+ indicates Government business.
Timings are indicative only.

At 9.30 a.m. Prayers

At 9.35 a.m.

Adjournment Debates

1   ADJOURNMENT    [Until 2.00 p.m.]
The Prime Minister

    That this House do now adjourn.

    Subjects proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House:


9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. Mr Patrick Nicholls Germ warfare tests conducted in the West Country.

11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Mr David Drew Housing requirement to 2016.

12.30 p.m. - 1.00 p.m. Sir Michael Spicer Left turns at red traffic lights.

1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Mr Alan Hurst Proposed Hatfield Peverel to Witham link road.

1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. Mrs Theresa May The planning process in Maidenhead.

    The Motion for the Adjournment of the House will lapse at 2.00 p.m. and the sitting will be suspended until 2.30 p.m. (Standing Order No. 10).

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

*1 Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    What assessment she has made of the potential for the Government's welfare to work proposals to benefit the overseas aid programme.

(14107)

*2 Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):    What research her Department has evaluated into the impact of global free trade on third world countries.

(14108)

*3 Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    What progress has been made in implementing the housing programme for Montserrat.

(14109)

*4 Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    What contacts her Department has with organisations advocating fair trade and ethical investment; and what consideration she is giving to further development in these areas.

(14110)

*5 Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    What representations her Department has received in response to the White Paper on International Development in respect of its emphasis on poverty.

(14111)

*6 Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    What are her plans for the future of the Commonwealth Development Corporation.

(14112)

*7 Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    If she will make a statement on assistance to Montserrat.

(14113)

*8 Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):    What steps the Government is taking to eliminate child labour.

(14114)

*9 Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell):    If she will make a statement on the level of financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the current year; and what is the projected level for 1998-99.

(14115)

*10 Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    If she will make a statement regarding the Government's intended stance at the forthcoming Ottawa Conference in connection with anti-personnel landmines.

(14117)

*11 Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    What steps she is taking to further the development of micro-credit agencies.

(14118)

*12 Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    What proposals she has made to write off the bilateral debt of the poorest countries.

(14119)

*13 Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    What is her current assessment of the future habitability of Montserrat.

(14120)

*14 Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    If she will make a statement on the future of the Know How Fund.

(14121)

*15 Mr John McAllion (Dundee East):    What discussions she has had with other countries relating to the linking of international aid to records of human rights.

(14122)

*16 Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    What assistance had been offered to Belarus and the Ukraine from the Know How Fund during the last year; and if she will make a statement.

(14123)

*17 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    What steps she is taking to develop a partnership between UNESCO and British parliamentarians.

(14124)

*18 Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush):    What support her Department will give to small farmers in the Caribbean currently dependent on the banana crop.

(14125)

*19 Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    Who represented the UK Government at the DAC Expert Group on Women in Development held in Paris on the 2nd and 3rd October; and if she will make a statement on the meeting.

(14126)

*20 Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    What response her Department has made to the World Bank's World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World.

(14127)

*21 Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central):    If she will estimate the numbers of refugees in Iran; and what action she is taking, with our European partners, to provide assistance to them.

(14128)

*22 Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    What plans she has to challenge the World Trade Organisation judgement concerning Caribbean banana producers.

(14129)

*23 Mr Norman Baker (Lewes):    What steps she is taking to provide assistance to the peoples and environment of Tibet.

(14130)

*24 Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    If she will make a statement on her Department's work in relation to Indonesian tropical rain forests.

(14131)

*25 Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle):    If she will link aid to the entities in Bosnia-Herzegovina to progress in the implementation of the Dayton Agreement.

(14132)

*26 Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    What plans she has to meet the UN target of 0.7 per cent. of GDP for overseas aid.

(14133)

*27 Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):     What international initiatives she is supporting to combat slavery.

(14134)

*28 Mr Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford):    What assessment she has made of the 1997 annual report of the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

(14135)

*29 Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    What steps her Department is taking to encourage small and medium businesses in developing countries.

(14136)

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

*Q1 Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14137)

*Q2 Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14138)

*Q3 Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14139)

*Q4 Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14140)

*Q5 Bob Russell (Colchester):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14141)

*Q6 Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    If he will make an official visit to Dartington in the Totnes constituency.

(14142)

*Q7 Jacqui Smith (Redditch):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14143)

*Q8 Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14144)

*Q9 Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14145)

*Q10 Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14146)

*Q11 Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14147)

*Q12 Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14148)

*Q13 Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14150)

*Q14 Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14151)

*Q15 Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14152)

*Q16 Steve Webb (Northavon):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14153)

*Q17 Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14154)

*Q18 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St.Edmunds):    If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.

(14155)

3.30 p.m. Private Notice Questions (if any)
Ministerial Statements (if any)

Preliminary Business

Ten minute rule Motion

1   REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT)    [Up to 20 minutes]

Mr Harry Barnes
    That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend electoral registration for homeless persons.

    The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to ten minutes (Standing Order No. 23).

Main Business

+  2   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL: Second Reading.    [Until 10.00 p.m.]

    The Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday 4th November (HC305-i) are relevant.

Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.

Mr Secretary Cook
    After Second Reading of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill, to move, That the European Communities (Amendment) Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 63(2)).

+  3   SEA FISHERIES    [No debate]

Dr John Cunningham
    That the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 1924), dated 4th August 1997, a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th August, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).

+  4   TRANSPORT AND WORKS    [No debate]

Mr Secretary Prescott
    That the draft Transport and Works (Descriptions of Works Interfering with Navigation) (Amendment) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 28th October, be approved.

To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).

+  5   FINANCE AND SERVICES    [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mrs Ann Taylor
    That Standing Order No. 144 (Finance and Services Committee) be amended, in line 18, by leaving out the word `nine' and inserting the word `eleven'.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

+  6   ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT    [No debate after 10.00 p.m.]

Mr George Mudie
    That Mr Bob Blizzard, Mrs Helen Brinton, Mr Dominic Grieve, Mr John Horam, Dr Brian Iddon, Mr Tim Loughton, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mr Malcolm Savidge, Mr Jonathan R. Shaw, Mr Gareth R. Thomas, (Harrow West), Mr Paul Truswell and Joan Walley be members of the Environmental Audit Committee.

If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.

At the end of the sitting:

7   ADJOURNMENT

    Proposed subject: Proposed Poole Harbour Bridge (Mr Robert Syms).

    Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

STANDING COMMITTEES

1 European Standing Committee A 10.30 a.m. Room 9 (public)

    To consider European Community Document No. 6692/97 relating to landfill waste sites.

2 Third Standing Committee on Delegated
Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 9 (public)

    To consider the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (Appeals) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 2542).

3 Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated
Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 10 (public)

    To consider the draft General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Maritime Differential Correction Systems) Order 1997.

4 Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated
Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 11 (public)

    To consider the draft Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

5 Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated
Legislation 4.30 p.m. Room 12 (public)

    To consider the Social Security (Lone Parents) (Amendment) Regulations 1997.

.

SELECT COMMITTEES

6 Modernisation of the House of Commons 9.30 a.m. Room 18 (private)

7 Trade and Industry 9.30 a.m. Room 6 (public)

    Subject: Progress in the Liberalisation of the Gas Market.
    Witnesses: Gas Consumers' Council; Centrica plc (at 10.15 a.m.); Clare Spottiswoode, Director General of Gas Supply, OFGAS (at 11 a.m.).

8 European Legislation 9.45 a.m. Room 8 (private)

10.45 a.m. (public)

    Subject: The Amsterdam Treaty: Implications for Parliamentary Scrutiny.
    Witness: Mr Doug Henderson, MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

9 Defence 10.00 a.m. Room 15 (private)

10.30 a.m. (public)

    Subject: The Strategic Defence Review.
    Witnesses: Professor Michael Clarke, Admiral Sir James Eberle, Professor Christopher Hill and Dr Michael Hodges.

10 Scottish Affairs 10.00 a.m. Room 20 (private)

10.30 a.m. (public)

    Subject: Welfare to Work.
    Witnesses: Mr E. J. Weeple and Mr A. K. MacLeod, the Scottish Office and Mr A. Brown and Ms E. Thompson, Department for Education and Employment; Mr Ralph Palmer and Mr Nick Craig of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and Ms Evelyn MacCann of Scottish Enterprise (at approximately 12.00 noon).

11 Social Security 10.30 a.m. Room 19 (private)

12 Defence 2.30 p.m. Room 5 (private)

13 Scottish Affairs 3.30 p.m. Room 21 (private)

3.45 p.m. (public)

    Subject: British Airways services in and out of Scotland.
    Witnesses: Mr Robert Ayling, Chief Executive, Mr David Noyes, Director, UK, Africa and Middle East, and Mr Ian Reid, General Manager, Scotland and Northern Ireland, of British Airways plc.

14 Northern Ireland Affairs 3.45 p.m. Room 8 (private)

4.15 p.m. (public)

    Subject: Composition, Recruitment and Training of the RUC.
    Witnesses: Mr R. Flanagan, OBE, Chief Constable, Mr R. G. Hays, Assistant Chief Constable, RUC.

15 Science and Technology 3.45 p.m Room 15 (private)

4.00 p.m. (public)

    Subject: The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research.
    Witnesses: The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (at 4.35 p.m.); The Royal Academy of Engineering (at 5.10 p.m.).

16 Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs:
Transport Sub-Committee 3.45 p.m. Room 20 (private)

4.00 p.m. (public)

    Subject: The proposed Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Regulation
    Witnesses: Association of Train Operating Companies; English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (at 5.15 p.m.).

17 Accommodation and Works 4.00 p.m. Room 7 (private)

18 Trade and Industry 4.00 p.m. Room 6 (public)

    Subject: Progress in the Liberalisation of the Gas Market.
    Witnesses: Calortex and Scottish Power; Mr John Battle, MP, Minister for Science, Energy and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry (at 5.00 p.m.).

19 Public Accounts 4.15 p.m. Room 16 (public)

    Subject: Remploy Ltd.
    Witnesses: Mr M. Bichard, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Employment, Mr L. Lewis, Chief Executive, Employment Service, Mr T. Withey, Chief Executive, Remploy Ltd.

20 Selection 4.15 p.m. Room 13 (private)

JOINT COMMITTEE

21 Special Procedure Order 10.30 a.m. Room 4 (public)

    Woodford Aerodrome (Control of Land by Directions) Order 1997

[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.]

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1	ADJOURNMENT *[Until 2.00 p.m.]*
	The Prime Minister
	That this House do now adjourn.
	Subjects proposed to be raised on the Motion for the Adjournment of the House:

	9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.	Mr Patrick Nicholls	Germ warfare tests conducted in the West Country.
	11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.	Mr David Drew	Housing requirement to 2016.
	12.30 p.m. - 1.00 p.m.	Sir Michael Spicer	Left turns at red traffic lights.
	1.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.	Mr Alan Hurst	Proposed Hatfield Peverel to Witham link road.
	1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.	Mrs Theresa May	The planning process in Maidenhead.
	*The Motion for the Adjournment of the House will lapse at 2.00 p.m. and the sitting will be suspended until 2.30 p.m. (Standing Order No. 10).*

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
*1	Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What assessment she has made of the potential for the Government's welfare to work proposals to benefit the overseas aid programme.
	(14107)
*2	Mr John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): What research her Department has evaluated into the impact of global free trade on third world countries.
	(14108)
*3	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): What progress has been made in implementing the housing programme for Montserrat.
	(14109)
*4	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): What contacts her Department has with organisations advocating fair trade and ethical investment; and what consideration she is giving to further development in these areas.
	(14110)
*5	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): What representations her Department has received in response to the White Paper on International Development in respect of its emphasis on poverty.
	(14111)
*6	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): What are her plans for the future of the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
	(14112)
*7	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If she will make a statement on assistance to Montserrat.
	(14113)
*8	Mr Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): What steps the Government is taking to eliminate child labour.
	(14114)
*9	Mr John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell): If she will make a statement on the level of financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority in the current year; and what is the projected level for 1998-99.
	(14115)
*10	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): If she will make a statement regarding the Government's intended stance at the forthcoming Ottawa Conference in connection with anti-personnel landmines.
	(14117)
*11	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): What steps she is taking to further the development of micro-credit agencies.
	(14118)
*12	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): What proposals she has made to write off the bilateral debt of the poorest countries.
	(14119)
*13	Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): What is her current assessment of the future habitability of Montserrat.
	(14120)
*14	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): If she will make a statement on the future of the Know How Fund.
	(14121)
*15	Mr John McAllion (Dundee East): What discussions she has had with other countries relating to the linking of international aid to records of human rights.
	(14122)
*16	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): What assistance had been offered to Belarus and the Ukraine from the Know How Fund during the last year; and if she will make a statement.
	(14123)
*17	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps she is taking to develop a partnership between UNESCO and British parliamentarians.
	(14124)
*18	Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush): What support her Department will give to small farmers in the Caribbean currently dependent on the banana crop.
	(14125)
*19	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): Who represented the UK Government at the DAC Expert Group on Women in Development held in Paris on the 2nd and 3rd October; and if she will make a statement on the meeting.
	(14126)
*20	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): What response her Department has made to the World Bank's World Development Report 1997: The State in a Changing World.
	(14127)
*21	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central): If she will estimate the numbers of refugees in Iran; and what action she is taking, with our European partners, to provide assistance to them.
	(14128)
*22	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): What plans she has to challenge the World Trade Organisation judgement concerning Caribbean banana producers.
	(14129)
*23	Mr Norman Baker (Lewes): What steps she is taking to provide assistance to the peoples and environment of Tibet.
	(14130)
*24	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If she will make a statement on her Department's work in relation to Indonesian tropical rain forests.
	(14131)
*25	Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle): If she will link aid to the entities in Bosnia-Herzegovina to progress in the implementation of the Dayton Agreement.
	(14132)
*26	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What plans she has to meet the UN target of 0.7 per cent. of GDP for overseas aid.
	(14133)
*27	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): What international initiatives she is supporting to combat slavery.
	(14134)
*28	Mr Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford): What assessment she has made of the 1997 annual report of the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
	(14135)
*29	Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): What steps her Department is taking to encourage small and medium businesses in developing countries.
	(14136)

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister
*Q1	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14137)
*Q2	Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14138)
*Q3	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14139)
*Q4	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14140)
*Q5	Bob Russell (Colchester): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14141)
*Q6	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): If he will make an official visit to Dartington in the Totnes constituency.
	(14142)
*Q7	Jacqui Smith (Redditch): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14143)
*Q8	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14144)
*Q9	Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14145)
*Q10	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14146)
*Q11	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14147)
*Q12	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14148)
*Q13	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14150)
*Q14	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14151)
*Q15	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14152)
*Q16	Steve Webb (Northavon): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14153)
*Q17	Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14154)
*Q18	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St.Edmunds): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 12th November.
	(14155)

Main Business
+ 2	EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL: Second Reading. *[Until 10.00 p.m.]*
	The Minutes of Evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday 4th November (HC305-i) are relevant.
*Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.*
	Mr Secretary Cook After Second Reading of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill, to move, That the European Communities (Amendment) Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 63(2)).*
+ 3	SEA FISHERIES *[No debate]*
	Dr John Cunningham That the Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 1924), dated 4th August 1997, a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th August, be approved.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).*
+ 4	TRANSPORT AND WORKS *[No debate]*
	Mr Secretary Prescott That the draft Transport and Works (Descriptions of Works Interfering with Navigation) (Amendment) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 28th October, be approved.
*To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 118(6)).*
+ 5	FINANCE AND SERVICES *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mrs Ann Taylor That Standing Order No. 144 (Finance and Services Committee) be amended, in line 18, by leaving out the word `nine' and inserting the word `eleven'.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*
+ 6	ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT *[No debate after 10.00 p.m.]*
	Mr George Mudie That Mr Bob Blizzard, Mrs Helen Brinton, Mr Dominic Grieve, Mr John Horam, Dr Brian Iddon, Mr Tim Loughton, Mr Laurence Robertson, Mr Malcolm Savidge, Mr Jonathan R. Shaw, Mr Gareth R. Thomas, (Harrow West), Mr Paul Truswell and Joan Walley be members of the Environmental Audit Committee.
*If opposed, this item cannot be taken after 10.00 p.m.*

7	ADJOURNMENT
	Proposed subject: Proposed Poole Harbour Bridge (Mr Robert Syms). *Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).*

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

STANDING COMMITTEES
1	European Standing Committee A	10.30 a.m.	Room 9 (public)
	To consider European Community Document No. 6692/97 relating to landfill waste sites.
2	Third Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 9 (public)
	To consider the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (Appeals) Order 1997 (S.I., 1997, No. 2542).
3	Fourth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 10 (public)
	To consider the draft General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Maritime Differential Correction Systems) Order 1997.
4	Fifth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 11 (public)
	To consider the draft Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
5	Sixth Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation	4.30 p.m.	Room 12 (public)
	To consider the Social Security (Lone Parents) (Amendment) Regulations 1997.

SELECT COMMITTEES
6	Modernisation of the House of Commons	9.30 a.m.	Room 18 (private)
7	Trade and Industry	9.30 a.m.	Room 6 (public)
	Subject: Progress in the Liberalisation of the Gas Market. Witnesses: Gas Consumers' Council; Centrica plc (at 10.15 a.m.); Clare Spottiswoode, Director General of Gas Supply, OFGAS (at 11 a.m.).
8	European Legislation	9.45 a.m.	Room 8 (private)
		10.45 a.m.	(public)
	Subject: The Amsterdam Treaty: Implications for Parliamentary Scrutiny. Witness: Mr Doug Henderson, MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
9	Defence	10.00 a.m.	Room 15 (private)
		10.30 a.m.	(public)
	Subject: The Strategic Defence Review. Witnesses: Professor Michael Clarke, Admiral Sir James Eberle, Professor Christopher Hill and Dr Michael Hodges.
10	Scottish Affairs	10.00 a.m.	Room 20 (private)
		10.30 a.m.	(public)
	Subject: Welfare to Work. Witnesses: Mr E. J. Weeple and Mr A. K. MacLeod, the Scottish Office and Mr A. Brown and Ms E. Thompson, Department for Education and Employment; Mr Ralph Palmer and Mr Nick Craig of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and Ms Evelyn MacCann of Scottish Enterprise (at approximately 12.00 noon).
11	Social Security	10.30 a.m.	Room 19 (private)
12	Defence	2.30 p.m.	Room 5 (private)
13	Scottish Affairs	3.30 p.m.	Room 21 (private)
		3.45 p.m.	(public)
	Subject: British Airways services in and out of Scotland. Witnesses: Mr Robert Ayling, Chief Executive, Mr David Noyes, Director, UK, Africa and Middle East, and Mr Ian Reid, General Manager, Scotland and Northern Ireland, of British Airways plc.
14	Northern Ireland Affairs	3.45 p.m.	Room 8 (private)
		4.15 p.m.	(public)
	Subject: Composition, Recruitment and Training of the RUC. Witnesses: Mr R. Flanagan, OBE, Chief Constable, Mr R. G. Hays, Assistant Chief Constable, RUC.
15	Science and Technology	3.45 p.m	Room 15 (private)
		4.00 p.m.	(public)
	Subject: The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research. Witnesses: The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (at 4.35 p.m.); The Royal Academy of Engineering (at 5.10 p.m.).
16	Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Transport Sub-Committee	3.45 p.m.	Room 20 (private)
		4.00 p.m.	(public)
	Subject: The proposed Strategic Rail Authority and Railway Regulation Witnesses: Association of Train Operating Companies; English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (at 5.15 p.m.).
17	Accommodation and Works	4.00 p.m.	Room 7 (private)
18	Trade and Industry	4.00 p.m.	Room 6 (public)
	Subject: Progress in the Liberalisation of the Gas Market. Witnesses: Calortex and Scottish Power; Mr John Battle, MP, Minister for Science, Energy and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry (at 5.00 p.m.).
19	Public Accounts	4.15 p.m.	Room 16 (public)
	Subject: Remploy Ltd. Witnesses: Mr M. Bichard, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Employment, Mr L. Lewis, Chief Executive, Employment Service, Mr T. Withey, Chief Executive, Remploy Ltd.
20	Selection	4.15 p.m.	Room 13 (private)

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21	Special Procedure Order	10.30 a.m.	Room 4 (public)
	Woodford Aerodrome (Control of Land by Directions) Order 1997